Bottle capping and corking tool



A. H. ROBERTS AND G. W. WEED.

vBOTTLE CAPPING AND COHKING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, I920- 1,851,539 PatntedAug. 31,1920.

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' BOTTLE oarrme AND CORKING TOOL.

To all whom it may] concern Be it known that we, ADEN H. ROBERTS and Gnome N.- /Vnno'. citizens of theUnited States residing at Waverly, in the county of Tioga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Capping and Corking Tools; of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to bottle sealing implements, and provides atool principally intended for domesticnse. 'andavailable either to apply bottle caps such a'sfthe so called crown-seals or to insert corks.

The device includes two arms hinged together and serving to clamp the bottle neck, and a diecarrying arm hinged to saidneckclamping arms. implements of this general character have heretofore been devisedbut the present invention offers improvements over such prior devices in the manner of hinging the die-carrying arm' to the neck clamping arms and in the formof the die. These improvements, which will be set forth in detail hereafter; facilitatethe application of the device to the neck of the bottle, provide for better guiding of the die, and permit the cap to be positionedin and retained by the die prior to application to the bottle. A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich: 3 W

Figure 1 is a side" elevation partly broken away showing the device applied to the neck of a bottle, andthe die about to carry a cap into contact with-the mouth of a bottle held by the clamping arms.

Fig. 2' is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the position assumed by, the parts at the completion of the sealing operation. .5

Fig. 3 is a section'o'n the lineI3- 3 o Fig.2. '1

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the die and a portion of the die-carrying arm looking from'beneath.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the head casting-and portions of the neck-clamping arms, the die-carrying arm being removed.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary View of the die intended to show the retaining flange at the mouth of the die; 7

The operative parts are held together by a head casting 11. This is provided with a rectangular socket to receive one of the neckclamping arms 12, and with two spaced lugs Application filed May 20, 192 0.' Serial No. 382,851.

Specification of Letters Eatent. V Patgntgd Aug 31,192() 18 between. which the other neck-clamping arm 14 is pivoted by hingepin 15;. The two neck-clamping arms are, formed with opposed complementary seats 16 and 17 designed to receive and-confine a bottle neck 'justbeneath the usual mouth flange thereof.

Projecting upward from the head casting 11' is a flat lug 18 which lies approximately in the plane of the inner side of the arm 12. This lug is formed with a slot 19, which is slightly inclined to the horizontal in the position that .the device assumes when clamped on the neck of an upright bottle. The low end of the slot is the one away from the bottle neck. The purpose of inclining the slot is to'eliminate side thruston the die during itsaction when initially pressing the cap intocontact with the bottle mouth, as

will be more fully explained hereafter.

Thedie-carrying arm 20 is slotted at one end andstraddles the luglS. A- pivot pin 21 passes through the arm 20 and the slot 19 and serves as-a hlnge connection for-the diecarrylng arm. The die 22 s attached to the lower face of the arm 20 by screws 28.

T he die 23 is of cup form. At its'extreme edge 1t hasan'lnwardly projecting serrated flange 24. Above the serrated fiange'2t is a V groove 25 and above thegroove 25 the die is sharply contracted. This contracted portion 28 is preferably curved as clearly shown in Fig. 7 and merges intoa cylindrical-portion 27 whose internal dimension is such as v to give proper contracting, effect on the cor rugate'd skirt of the $6311.01: cap, when the die'is forced down to thelimit of its motion, (see Fig. 2). In this. position the cylindri}. cal portion embraces the skirt of the cap.

The serrated flange 2% and groove25 are for the. purpose of retaining'the cap prior to its. application to the bottle. The caps as furnished have av widely flaring, corrugated skirtfwhich will .snapjpast the serrated flange 24 when the capds; pressed into the mouth of the die. The serrations while not indispensable enable the die to retain caps which vary considerably inover-all diameter. Whenthe die is forced over the mouth of the bottle, its first effect is to press the cork-washer in the cap against the mouth of the bottle. The sealing pressure is thus applied through the flange of the cap. By 111- mouth.

at the bottle mouth in the usual manner. At

the completion of the operation, the skirt of the cap is embraced by the cylindrical portion 27 of the die as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The clamp construction adopted assures the positive guiding of the die. In effect the die-carrying arm is hinged directly to the arm 12 so as to movein a single plane with reference to that arm, and, therefore, with reference to the neck-seat 17 formed therein. Slight variations in the dimensions of the bottle neck are allowed for by making the slot in the'end of the arm 20 slightly wider than lug 18.

In using the device, a cap is first inserted in-the mouth of the die by pressing it into place so that its flange engages behind the serrated flange 24. The die-carrying arm is turned up and back and the neck-clamping arms are applied to theneck of the bottle just below the mouth flange. The die-carrying arm is then swung forward and downward until the cap seats against the bottle In this position the diecarrying arm 20 will be approximately parallel with the slot 19 and accordinglythere will be no side thrust exerted by the engagement of pin 21 with sides of slot 19. Continued clownward movement of the arm 21 applies sealing pressure to the cap and ultimately forces the die down over the cap, bending the corrugated skirt inward as already described. In the latter part of the action of the die, the, increasing angularity'of the arm 20 with V the slot 19 produces a slight, and increasing,

side thrust, but this has no disturbing effect, because by this time the cap is fully engaged with the mouth of the bottle, and the die has firmly'embraced the cap on all sides.

This implement may also be used for the urpose of forcing corks into the mouths of Bottles, the manner of using it for this purpose being'obvious from the drawings and description above given.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:

r 1. In a bottle capping device, the combination of bottle clamping means; a slotted lug carried thereby; an arm; a cap applying die carried by said arm; and a pin carried by said arm and passing through the slot in said lug, said slot being approximately parallel to the face of said die at the com mencement of the sealing action.

2. In a bottle capping device, the combination of bottle clamping arms hinged together; a die-carrier arm; a cap applying die fixedon said die-carrier arm; a slotte lug carried by a bottle clamping arm; and a pin carried by said die-carrier arm and passing through the slot in said lug, said slot being approximately parallel to the face of said die at the commencement of the sealing action. I

3. In a bottle capping device, the'combination of two bottle clamping arms hinged together; a die-carrier arm hinged to one of said clamping arms and confined to swing substantlally in a single plane with reference thereto; and a cap-applymg the mounted on said die-carrier arm.

4. In a bottle capping device, the combination of an arm havlng a seat toconfine a bottle neck; a coacting clamping member serving to press theneck ofa bottle into said seat; a die-carrier arm hinged to .the

first named arm and confined to swing substantially in a single plane with reference a v v thereto; and a cap-applying die carried by said carrier arm. 5. In a bottle-capping device, the combination of a head memberhaving an upstanding slotted lug; a bottle clamping arm fixed to said head member; a second bottle clamping arm hingedtosaidmember; a lever havinga pin passing through the slot in said lug; and'a cap applying die carried by said lever.

6. In a bottle-capping device, the combination of an arm having a seat to confine a bottle neck, a' coacting clamping member servingto press the neck of a bottle into said seat; a die-carrier arm hinged to the first named arm; and confined to swing substantially in a single plane with reference thereto; and a cap-applying dieprovided ADEN H. ROBERTS. GEORGE EED, 

